Galatians 4:23. But the son from the bondmaid was born after the flesh, in the regular course of nature. (Used somewhat differently in Romans 1:3; Romans 9:5.) But the son of the freewoman is through the promise, by virtue of supernatural influence, by the Spirit of God working through the word of promise (as in the conception of our Lord). Genesis 17:16; Genesis 17:19; Genesis 18:10-11; comp. Romans 4:19.
Verse 23. _WAS BORN AFTER THE FLESH_] _Ishmael_ was born _according_ _to the course of nature_, his parents being both of a proper age, so that there was nothing uncommon or supernatural in his birth...
BUT HE WHO WAS OF THE BONDWOMAN WAS BORN AFTER THE FLESH - In the ordinary course of nature, without any special promise, or any unusual divine interposition, as in the case of Isaac. BUT HE OF THE FR...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_ 2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4) 3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6) 4. The backslid
GALATIANS 4:21 TO GALATIANS 5:1. The new thing he tries is an allegorising spiritualising application of an OT story. Slave-born Ishmael mocked (Genesis 21:10 *) free-born Isaac, and the son of the sl...
Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands written in it that Abraham had two sons; one was the son of the slave girl and...
THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
BORN. begotten. Greek. _gennao_ AFTER. according to. Greek. _kata_. App-104. BY. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Galatians 4:1. PROMISE. See Luke 24:49,...
ΔΙʼ ἘΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΣ אAC. διὰ τῆς ἐπ. Text. Rec. and W.H. marg. with BDG etc. 23. ἈΛΛʼ. There was a further difference between the two sons of the one father. ΚΑΤᾺ ΣΆΡΚΑ. In accordance with the natural im...
21–5:1. _Another appeal, based upon the principles underlying the history of Hagar and Sarah, and the birth of Isaac. Christ set us free; stand fast therefore in this freedom_ (Galatians 4:21) You wis...
ΓΕΓΈΝΝΗΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΕΝΝΆΩ (G1080) носить, вынашивать ребенка, ΈΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑ (G1860) обещание....
DISCOURSE: 2075 SARAH AND HAGAR TYPES Galatians 4:22. _It is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond-woman was born after the...
Sarah and Hagar Galatians 4:21-31 TEXT 4:21-24 (21) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and on...
see notes on vs 22...
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. BUT. The two sons, though sprung from a common father, Abraham, were, notwithstanding, very differ...
1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by st...
THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
One was born in a relation merely carnal, the other in fulfilment of a special. promise of God: cp. Hebrews 11:11; Hebrews 11:12....
Abraham could make Hagar have a baby. He had sex with Hagar, the slave. Hagar’s body worked properly. Ishmael was born 9 months later. This all happened in the normal way. But Hagar and her son were s...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive the property that his fath...
BUT. — Both were alike in being children of Abraham; they were unlike in that one was born naturally, the other by divine instrumentality. WAS BORN. — Strictly, _is born_ — _i.e.,_ is stated to have...
(21-31) The next eleven verses contain an elaborate argument from the history of the two sons of Abraham, as types of the two covenants, in further proof that freedom is the essential character of the...
CHAPTER 19 THE STORY OF HAGAR. Galatians 4:21 - Galatians 5:1 THE Apostle wishes that he could "change his voice" (Galatians 4:20). Indeed he has changed it more than once. "Any one who looks closel...
The two who were coupled together in the last verse as sons of one father are here contrasted in respect of their different mothers. γεγέννηται. The perfect is used in order to present the birth as a...
PATRIARCHAL HISTORY IS EMPLOYED TO ILLUSTRATE THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS, WHO ARE THE PROMISED SEED OF ABRAHAM, BY JEWS WHO ARE HIS SEED AFTER THE FLESH. HAGAR AND HER SON, SARAH AND HER SON, FURNI...
“CHILDREN OF PROMISE” Galatians 4:21 In this allegory of Sarah and Hagar, it is important to notice that Paul is not dealing with the principle of evil within our hearts, but with the attempt to min...
He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured ju...
But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the (x) flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by (y) promise. (x) As all men are, and by the common course of nature. (y) By virtue of the promise, wh...
(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (21) В¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, that...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
23._But he who was of the bond woman_. Both were sons of Abraham according to the flesh; but in Isaac there was this peculiarity, that he had the promise of grace. In Ishmael there was nothing besides...
The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly) before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
BUT HE WHO WAS OF THE BONDWOMAN,.... Ishmael, who was begotten and born of Hagar, WAS BORN AFTER THE FLESH; after the common order and course of nature, through the copulation of two persons, the one...
But he _who was_ of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman _was_ by promise. Ver. 23. _Was born after the flesh_] In an ordinary way, as all others are; for Hagar was young,...
Gal. 4:21-23. "Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond maid, the other by a free woman. But he who was of t...
_Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law_ Of Moses, as the rule of your justification; _do ye not hear the law?_ Regard what it says? how it teaches that Abraham's children, by faith, who are heir...
BORN AFTER THE FLESH; without any special divine interposition. BY PROMISE; the special and peculiar favor of God, graciously and unexpectedly bestowed....
BUT HE WHO WAS OF THE BOND-WOMAN WAS BORN AFTER THE FLESH; BUT HE OF THE FREEWOMAN WAS BY PROMISE. The love of the apostle for his deluded Galatians here flashes forth in a passage in which he, for on...
An urgent appeal to an Old Testament example:...
HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as contrast...
TELL ME, YOU WHO DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW, DO YOU NOT HEAR THE LAW? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. Notice Abraham's age: 75 - P...
21-27 The difference between believers who rested in Christ only, and those who trusted in the law, is explained by the histories of Isaac and Ishmael. These things are an allegory, wherein, beside t...
They were both (in a sense) BORN AFTER THE FLESH, viz. in a natural way and course of generation: but AFTER THE FLESH is plainly, in this verse, opposed to BY PROMISE; and the meaning is, that Ishmael...
Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise. [Genesis 18:10; Genesis 18:14; Genesis 21:1-2;...
Galatians 4:23 But G235 he G3303 of G1537 bondwoman G3814 born G1080 (G5769) according G2596 flesh G4561 and...
A LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW (GALATIANS 4:21). Paul now turns to the Old Testament for examples of what he is trying to say....
‘For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid and one by the free-woman. But the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh, while the son by the free-woman is born through promis...
IS BORN (γεγεννητα). Perfect passive indicative of γενναω, stand on record so.THROUGH PROMISE (δι' επαγγελιας). In addition to being "after the flesh" (κατα σαρκα)....
Galatians 4:1. Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father....
Galatians 4:12. _Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all._ He had told them the gospel, and other teachers had come in and alienated their affections. H...
CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law and grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor, _differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
BY THE SLAVE WOMAN. "This son was born through the natural strength of his parents, but being born a slave, he had no claim to receive his father's estate." BY THE FREE WOMAN. "This son was born throu...
_That Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman._ ST. PAUL’S OUTLOOK AND VISION The principle from which he views the Old Testament history may be compared to those lines...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:23 Ishmael was the son born when Abraham and Sarah tried to have a child through Hagar. The PROMISE is the absolute opposite of THE FLESH. A promise is a word _from God_...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:21 Paul again emphasizes the difference between being a free child of God and being a slave to the law, sin, and false gods. Abraham’s son Ishmael—technically the firstbo...
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews, like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague, while Christians, as sons o...
_He who was of the bondwoman._ Ishmael was born according to the laws of natural generation, by which Abraham, though an old man, was able to raise up seed from his youthful bondwoman, Hagar. _He of t...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 4:24. WHICH THINGS ARE AN ALLEGORY.—Under the things spoken of—the two sons, with their contrast of parentage and position—there lies a spiritual meaning. G...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 4:1 NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
Genesis 17:15; Genesis 18:10; Genesis 21:1; Genesis 21:2; Hebrews
Was born [γ ε γ ε ν ν η τ α ι]. Has been born, or is born : perfect tense, treating the historical fact as if present. After the flesh [κ α τ α σ α ρ κ α]. According to the regular course of nature....
Was born after the flesh — In a natural way. By promise — Through that supernatural strength which was given Abraham in consequence of the promise....